I’ve been pregnant with a dream for more than a decade. That’s a long time to carry any “baby”. Recently the dream seemed like it might come to life. Today I heard the word “no”–again.
Maybe you feel the need to comfort me, or to say words like “It’s just not time” or “maybe it’s not meant to be”. I love you, but I disagree. It is time. It is meant to be. Those two things are deeply embedded in my spirit.
Sometimes you just know, and in spite of what you see or hear, you trust. (more…)
I loved Shari Braendel’s devo [Beauty Wounds] today on Encouragement for Today, but it this powerful insight that I loved the most from my friend:
Scripture tells us words are powerful, but so are our thoughts. We often give too much value to the destructive dialogue that runs in our head from past wounds.
I wonder how many times we let words that carry no truth shape the way we view ourselves, or view others, or view life as a whole?
The first year of Leslie’s life was a magical blur. Surgeries for a birth defect. Play time. Lots and lots of nursing. Lots and lots of love. I thought I was the best mom ever and times felt I didn’t have a clue. When I suspected that I was pregnant when she was nine months old, I hoped I was wrong, but I wasn’t. Nine months later I had not one, but two babies. I was almost 24 years old and the mother of three.
Once a week I’ll post a Bible study on my Live Free group on FB, but I’ll also post it here. I’ve listened to many of you share that you desire a Bible study and it’s hard to get it because of kids, or life, or time constraints.
Every week I’ll post a study. It will be short, but my desire is to take us deep. I’ll also post questions that you can take if you want to dig deeper into your private time with God. You can check it out on your time, and it will always be here if you want to go back and reread or study a particular topic or Scripture.
Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker columnist, and author T. Suzanne Eller shares how to live free when you've felt broken, how to nurture family regardless of the obstacles, and how to deepen intimacy with a relevant and life-changing Savior.
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